weather and climate

Thunderstorms will occur in large parts of Brabant on Sunday afternoon. Because a lot of rain can fall locally in a short time, the KNMI has declared code yellow in our province, among others.

With a lot of precipitation in the south of the country and temperatures dropping below freezing, the rain is increasingly turning into snow.

The snow will remain on Tuesday evening and form a sludge layer of a few centimeters. The snow remains most easily on lawns, cars and garden furniture.

Temperature around freezing point
In the evening the temperature drops to around freezing point or just below zero. Then the snow also stays down easier. Most snow can remain in the southeast.

The slipperiness is temporarily over on Wednesday afternoon, but in the night to Thursday it can become slippery again in the south of the country.

Code orange applied to the provinces of Brabant, Limburg and Gelderland on Thursday morning, especially the southeast of the country. Rijkswaterstaat concluded around nine o’clock that slippery conditions caused few problems.

Last night there was precipitation with temperatures around freezing. That caused smoothness. Ice is therefore a layer of ice that is created by rain on a frozen surface. Once it is on the road, it is difficult to get rid of because it mixes poorly with road salt. Car windows were also provided with a layer of ice, so the day started with scratching for many road users.

Viaduct closed
A viaduct on the Westparallel near Dommelen was closed to traffic on Thursday morning because it turned out to be too slippery on the viaduct. Several accidents had happened in that place. Emergency services also found it difficult to do their work on the viaduct.

On some highways (including the A2 and A50) it was advised not to drive faster than fifty.